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WelwitschiaConservation statusScientific classification


The largest known Welwitschia, nicknamed "The Big Welwitschia", stands 1.4 m (4.6 ft) tall and is over 4 m (13 ft) in diameter
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
(unranked):	Gymnosperms
Division:	Gnetophyta
Class:	Gnetopsida
Order:	Welwitschiales
Family:	Welwitschiaceae
Genus:	Welwitschia Hook.f.
Species:	W. mirabilis
*Welwitschia mirabilis* Hook.f.

Welwitschia's range.
Tumboa Welw. nom. rej. Tumboa bainesii Hook. f. nom. inval. Welwitschia bainesii (Hook. f.) Carrière Tumboa strobilifera Welw. ex Hook. f. nom. inval.

Welwitschia is a monotypic gymnosperm genus, comprising solely the distinctive Welwitschia mirabilis, endemic to the Namib desert within Namibia and Angola. Welwitschia is the only living genus of the family Welwitschiaceae and order Welwitschiales in the division Gnetophyta, and is one of three living genera in Gnetophyta, alongside Gnetum and Ephedra. Informal sources commonly refer to the plant as a "living fossil".